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Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to EvisceratePresident-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded. #CIA #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #US Politics 2024-11-08T15:53:40-0800 The New York Times Robert Draper, Michael Crowley, Zach Montague ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-11-09T06:13:10-0800 - sethherr |
San Francisco’s new housing pitch: Hot Friend CompoundsThe “live near friends” movement has leveled up. A housing startup is rolling out a new one-stop shop to find and buy a place with friends. #Housing 2024-09-22T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Zara Stone 2,000 words Rated 2024-09-24T13:57:46-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car WarDoes President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-03-23T04:00:22-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-22T23:55:55-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and WinningHouston demonstrates what should be obvious: that a wealthy society doesn’t have to accept as inevitable throngs of people sleeping on sidewalks. #Dallas #Homelessness #Housing #Jobs #Mental Health #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-22T16:00:19-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-24T08:15:09-0800 - sethherr |
Why we can’t buildAmerica’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics 2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800 - sethherr |
The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your LandAmid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800 - sethherr |
Opinion | Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This MomentIt would be a mistake to give Hamas what it wants: an overreaction like an invasion of Gaza. #Israel #Joe Biden #Middle East #Military #Politics #Terrorism 2023-10-10T14:58:28-0700 The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-12T10:25:12-0700 - sethherr |
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.” #2020 Election #Comedy #Donald Trump 2023-10-01T02:01:02-0700 The New York Times David Marchese ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-10-01T19:36:20-0700 - sethherr |
‘A Ticket to Disney’? Politicians Charge Millions to Send Migrants to U.S.The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up. #Colombia #Panama #Politics 2023-09-14T02:03:09-0700 The New York Times Julie Turkewitz, Federico Rios ($) 6,000 words Rated 2023-09-15T13:05:46-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-09-14T04:46:54-0700 - cindy |
Opinion | Partisan Politics Put a Huge Win for Public Health at RiskThe loss of support for an AIDS relief program would signal to the rest of the world that it could no longer rely on the U.S. to defend its biggest accomplishments as a leader in global health. #Abortion #Congress #George W. Bush #Joe Biden #US Politics 2023-09-01T12:00:10-0700 The New York Times The Editorial Board ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-09-02T08:37:53-0700 - sethherr |
America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRCThis decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-30T22:45:11-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-08-30T04:10:24-0700 - Jaog |
GOP candidates fight each other -- and mostly line up behind Trump -- at first debateThe Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought -- sometimes bitterly – over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign. But on what is arguably the most consequential choice facing the party, virtually all lined up behind Trump, saying they would support the former president if he is their nominee, even if he is convicted in a series of cases. It was... #2023 GOP debate #Abortion #Donald Trump #Elections #Iowa #Ukraine 2023-08-22T21:01:06-0700 AP News JILL COLVIN, SARA BURNETT, JONATHAN J. COOPER 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:57-0700 - estew |
Who won, who lost and who fizzled in the first Republican debateRon DeSantis was a non-factor as Republicans piled on Vivek Ramaswamy, instead. #2023 GOP debate Politico 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:52-0700 - estew |
Republican candidates spar over Trump, war in Ukraine and abortion: Debate recapMany of the attacks in Milwaukee to upstart Vivek Ramaswamy. Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Nikki Haley hit him on his lack of government experience. #2023 GOP debate 2023-08-23T12:30:14-0700 USA TODAY Marina Pitofsky, Rachel Looker, David Jackson, Sudiksha Kochi, ... 6,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:43-0700 - estew |
The first Republican debate's biggest highlights: Revisit 7 key momentsEight GOP candidates made their case for why they should be president before their largest audience to date. #2023 GOP debate #Donald Trump 2023-08-23T20:10:00-0700 CBS News Melissa Quinn, Caitlin Yilek, Kathryn Watson 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:35-0700 - estew |
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on 1st GOP debate and Trump's plan to skip itNPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the first Republican debate of the primary season and former President Donald Trump's decision to skip it as he leads in the polls and is set for processing in a Georgia jail. #2023 GOP debate #Georgia #Politics #Wisconsin 2023-08-21T15:25:35-0700 PBS NewsHour 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:29-0700 - estew |
Watch: Tucker Carlson's Trump interview airing opposite GOP debateThe former Fox News host released a prerecorded interview with Trump during the GOP debate. Watch Carlson's 46-minute interview below. #2023 GOP debate #Donald Trump 2023-08-23T18:03:00-0700 Newsweek Kaitlin Lewis 200 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:20-0700 - estew |
Haley leans into her gender: ‘If you want something done, ask a woman’The former South Carolina governor stepped into a spat between Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy on climate change. #2023 GOP debate Politico 500 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:13-0700 - estew |
Out of this world: Chris Christie shocked by lone question about UFOs at Republican debateThe first Republican presidential primary debate took place on Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and aired live on FOX News. #2023 GOP debate 2023-08-23T22:26:41-0700 USA TODAY Anthony Robledo 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:55:04-0700 - estew |
Chris Christie hit with 'lots of boos' after GOP debate introductionFormer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was met with boos after he was announced at the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Wednesday night. #2023 GOP debate 2023-08-23T19:00:21-0700 Fox News Andrew Miller 500 words Rated 2023-08-23T23:54:43-0700 - estew |
Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander's crash on the moonThe head of Russia’s space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly #Politics #Russian lunar lander #Science 2023-08-21T11:32:24-0700 ABC News EMMA BURROWS 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-22T15:49:02-0700 - estew |
Opinion | Something Has Changed on City Streets, and Amazon Is to BlameDouble-parked delivery trucks raise a political question about the use of our roadways. #Amazon #Politics #Urban Planning 2023-08-17T02:00:17-0700 The New York Times Christopher Caldwell ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T22:44:01-0700 - alexandradancing |
I Was Wrong About Trigger WarningsHas the national obsession with trauma done real damage to teen girls? #Domestic Violence #Individual People #Mental Health #Mental Illness #Sexual Assault 2023-08-09T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Jill Filipovic ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T11:07:50-0700 - sethherr |
The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold WarAt 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics 2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700 - sethherr |
Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald TrumpFani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious *RICO*{: .small} statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. #2020 Election #Donald Trump #Georgia 2023-07-31T04:12:47-0700 The New Yorker Charles Bethea 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-31T05:20:26-0700 - Jaog |
How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and PragmatismThe privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley 2023-07-23T04:00:00-0700 WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-25T16:13:25-0700 - sethherr |
The hidden force that shapes everything around us: ParkingA Q&A with Henry Grabar, author of “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.” #Politics #Transportation #Urban Planning 2023-05-09T04:30:00-0700 Vox Marin Cogan 3,000 words Rated 2023-07-19T14:21:48-0700 - elll Rated 2023-07-17T14:20:48-0700 - sethherr |
The Long Road to Public Transit RecoveryWith Ridership Down 30+%, Agencies Must Adapt or Risk Collapse #Economy #Politics 2023-06-29T15:00:00-0700 Statecraft by Arman Madani Arman Madani 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-29T17:51:59-0700 - elll |
Lessons From a Renters’ UtopiaWorldwide, housing has become a nightmare of expense and speculation. What did Vienna do right? #Housing #Real Estate 2023-05-23T01:20:41-0700 The New York Times Francesca Mari, Luca Locatelli ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-06-13T11:07:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-12T16:01:56-0700 - elll |
Vox and the Undertow of Corporate DemocratsToday on TAP: Dylan Matthews’s screed attacking Biden’s industrial policies got an assist from former Treasury official Kimberly Clausing. #Buy American #China #Joe Biden #Media #Politics 2023-05-10T15:00:00-0700 The American Prospect Robert Kuttner 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T20:06:08-0700 - sethherr |
When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues)A professor decorated a sidewalk in Georgetown with 10-foot sculptures of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. The well-heeled locals were not pleased. #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-06-01T08:45:20-0700 The New York Times Noreen Malone ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-06-01T23:58:43-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-01T13:00:11-0700 - cindy |
The Last Days of Berlin's Gas StreetlampsLooking at the German city in a different light. #City #Climate Change #Design #History #Politics 2023-06-01T07:00:00-0700 Atlas Obscura Alex Rennie 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-01T23:45:18-0700 - sethherr |
California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics 2023-05-30T01:55:07-0700 The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T09:15:50-0700 - sethherr |
US elections 2024: Who is the Republican contender Ron DeSantis?A look at rise of Florida governor, who is seen as Trump’s most serious challenger for party’s presidential nomination. #Donald Trump #Elections #Government #Joe Biden #United States 2023-05-24T14:09:32-0700 Al Jazeera Ali Harb 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-29T11:56:29-0700 - sethherr |
The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigsThe justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court 2023-05-11T10:55:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words Rated 2023-05-11T22:59:32-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 - Jaog |
The Housing Crisis Is Breaking People’s BrainsRated 2023-04-19T08:43:47-0700 - elll |
The Obvious Answer to HomelessnessRated 2023-04-18T22:01:16-0700 - elll |